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#472541voted by our readers
By Hekde SILVER
Cannon Falls, Minnesota

When I got home. As I tried to sleep-- on my own bed. I just layed there-- with open eyes. I never knew, my own bed. Could feel so-- unfamiliar. So:unwelcoming, so stran...
Hekde SILVER, Cannon Falls, Minnesota
6 articles 0 photos 0 comments

#472542 Poetry
By lydia.w GOLD
Myerstown, Pennsylvania
lydia.w GOLD, Myerstown, Pennsylvania
11 articles 7 photos 20 comments

Favorite Quote:
I was always an unusual girl.<br /> My mother told me I had a chameleon soul, no moral compass pointing due north, no fixed personality; just an inner indecisiveness that was as wide and as wavering as the ocean...<br /> And if I said I didn&#039;t plan for it to turn out this way I&#039;d be lying...<br /> Because I was born to be the other woman.<br /> Who belonged to no one, who belonged to everyone.<br /> Who had nothing, who wanted everything, with a fire for every experience and an obsession for freedom that terrified me to the point that I couldn&#039;t even talk about it, and pushed me to a nomadic point of madness that both dazzled and dizzied me.

#472543 Poetry
By Will31 BRONZE
Hartland, Wisconsin
Will31 BRONZE, Hartland, Wisconsin
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
#472544 Poetry
By Nated315 DIAMOND
Georgetown, New York
Nated315 DIAMOND, Georgetown, New York
92 articles 7 photos 105 comments

Favorite Quote:
Truth has many shades. It&#039;s not a matter of black and white, but many grays.

#472545 Poetry
By Jesscaivano BRONZE
New City, New York
Jesscaivano BRONZE, New City, New York
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
#472546 Poetry
By Anonymous
#472547 Poetry
By more_weight PLATINUM
Danville, Virginia
more_weight PLATINUM, Danville, Virginia
39 articles 0 photos 13 comments

Favorite Quote:
Tread softly, for you thread on my dreams.

#472548 Poetry
bakedbeans PLATINUM, Baltimore, Maryland
20 articles 0 photos 29 comments

Favorite Quote:
People often ask me &quot;why are you so fast?&quot; and my reply was &quot;ask a basketball player why he or she keep making three point shots in a row or ask a football player why is he so good at breaking tackles. its practice!!! common sense idiot!!!&quot; Charles.C

#472549 Poetry
By sadie-blackangel PLATINUM
Newberg, Oregon
sadie-blackangel PLATINUM, Newberg, Oregon
20 articles 0 photos 5 comments

Favorite Quote:
I am who I am, Your approval isnt needed

#472550 Poetry
By Anonymous